The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-18
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pew in st. Peters church, New York, his bed
every night for two weeks before he was caught
at it. He is now on BlackwelrS Island for the
summer
WALTER PITT, of Sonora Township Hancock
county, ILL.,, has in his possession span of mules
which he claims were engaged in hauling rock
for the famous Mormon temple at Nauvoo about
fifty years ago.
ONE DAY last week as A. 2. Copeland, of PATIO
mac, Ill, was crossing his fathers farm, he
discovered a buffalo head protruding out of a
bank on Bean creek. 1t was firmly imbedded
three feet below the surface.
A MAN in the western part Of Nebraska, who
has been bound up in wedlock only five months,
has applied for a divorce upon the singular
charge that his wife will not trim her toe-nails,
which he AYERS are OF monstrous size.
SENATOR T. w. PALMER, of Michigan, returned
from his European trip on Saturday. Among
numerous souvenirs which Senator Palmer
brought home is a sword of Damascus steel,
which he found in an old curiosity-shop.
Two GRADUATES of Vassar, one of '85 the
other of SO, publish weekly newspaper-the
atlantic Highlands IltdeDepdent. They run
their own press, and, with the assistance Of one
compositor, set their own type. Their success
thus far has been very good.
A RAPID CITY Cd. IT, MAN bought some goods
in Chicago, the whole amounting to $72. The
freight to Rapid City reached SOL. A Hermosa
man sent carload of bones to Chicago and
after they were sold there yet remained Soc
lacking to pay the freight bill.
Rose GROWERS who have heretofore killed all
the lady bugs that appeared ON their bushes will
be glad to know that these insects are death to
roSebuSh lice and chinch bugs. Mr. Hatch
of Suisun, Cal, offered an ounce of gold for an
ounce of lady bugs not long ago. and got them.
STURGEON FISHERMEN at Bayside, N. j., have
captured what is called "a strange monster" It
was about six feet long, seven feet wide, count
ing its fangs, and weighed about 800 pounds.
1t was black as ink, had a head resembling
sea IONS and was spotted underneath like
leopard.
The Japanese are extremely superstitious,
and have innumerable signs and tokens by
which to regulate their conduct and beliefs At
marriage ceremony neither bride nor bride
groom wears any clothing of purple color lest
their marriage tie be soon looSed as purple is
the color most liable to fade.
ANOTHER of the competing companies at the
Washington drill has adopted a boy. The COM
pany is the Sarsfield Guard, of New Haven, and
the boy is a little fellow who followed them
home from Washington, who has forgotten his
own name, and who has been re-chriStened
Patrick Sarsf1eld, and will be put in a way to
make man of himself, if it's in him.
TIE latest phase of Harvard College journal
ism, as exemplified by the San Francisco E.rdnl-
i,ter, is shown by the following headlines in a
paper of recent date: The Devils Train-How
an Unlucky Party of Thirteen Went to Hell
Using Blood for Fuel-A Thousand Miles Min
ute at an an Ever-Increasing Speed-Written
for the Examiner by the Devil Himself"
Two VINcENNEs QNDl MEN were saving
white oak log in two When the wpenetrated
the log some distance strange noise was heard
resembling the kissing of goose. Some one
lighted match and held it to the narrow open
ing, when blaze shet up some six feet and
burned with a steady, red flame. The fame was
smothered. but again reighted, each time burn
ing as before. ~ s.
PAUL BERG, Springfield locksmith, went to
Decatur to open safe, The work had be
done between 2 and 4 a. m, and when it was
finished and he had just stepped outside the
door he found himself uncomfortably con-
tronted with several guns, and was ordered to
throw up his hands. He had hard time to
convince the men that he had been engaged in
honorable business. ~" ,15~ .
A POST OFFICE CLERK in Vienna, who was a
sorter of registered letters, absconded recently
with letters containing about 150, 900 forms The
mans name was Philemon Zalevski and proba-
bly,. most of his spoil was in bank notes, of
which he can readily dispose, for very little
business is done by checks in Austria, and peo-
pie are so accustomed to handle paper money
that they never think of taking the number of
a note.
A RECENT REPORT of the Pasteur Institute
states that out of 26S2 patients who have been
treated 2, 1G4 had been bitten by animals which
were undoubtedly mad, and that out of these
=, 1854 only % or 1874 per cent. died. Before the
discovery of this method the lowest death rate
for persons affected by rabies was l6 per cent
and the secretary Of the institute claims that
81 persons owe their lives entirely to PaSteur'
discovery
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lightning struck penllnife in the hands of High
Sheriff Zierdt who was bathing in a tub. When
he came to nothing but small splinters could be
found of the tub he had been bathing in, and the
water it contained was equally distributed over
the floor as if done with a mop in the hands OF
a scrub-woman The metal in the knife was
melted. No other evidence that the lightning
had entered the room could be found.
A CLERGYMAN from Portland, Ore, told this
incident the other day at the Baptist meeting at
ST. Paul, as illustrating the unsettled state Of
peoples minds in the far Northwest. Among
the residents of Portland he found family with
letter from Boston church dating back
thirty four years. When he asked the lady of
the family why in the world she had not some
time in the course of those thirty-four years
come in and Joined one of the Baptist churches
of Portland her simple reply was: well, YOU
see, sir, we haven't been quite certain whether
We should remain
a MAINE MAN says tnat the other day, when
walking along the shore in South Goldsboro, he
saw fox coming down the bank He stood
perfectly still, and the fox after seeing that the
coast seemed clear walked down the bank and
was quickly followed by seven young ones
They came within forty feet of where the man
was standing to black mussel bed and here
the mother fox tried to teach her children to
eat these shell fish. But they were too full of
fun to attend to eating at Just that time
and commenced regular jubilee among them.
selves. At one time four of them stood up
joined hands, and had a "four hands around
UPON the completion of his Life of Christi
in verse, Mr.. Joaquin Miller announces his in
tention of permanently retiring from literary
work. The poem in question will be long one
and is to be divided into five parts. It is prob
able that the first portion of it will be printed
in magazine form before the completed work is
issued between book covers. 1T is the last
thing shall writer says the poet ''and lipon II
| have spent the best part of fifteen years |
am certain, y he continues that shall write no
more after this is completed. / have bought a
piece Of land here Oakland, CALI, q rough bit
of mountain land, stony and steep under foot
but o'erhead it is as smooth as any mans land
And here shall gather my people about me.
teach them the beauty Of the world and the
goodness of Cod
The fact that the elder brother of the Emir
of Bokhara is about to join the Greek church
and marry Russian lady is one among many
signs that the faith of Mohammed is waning
in some of its stronghods. 1t is not many
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